<h2id="obtainguidancefromacorrespondingresearchinstitute">Obtain guidance from a corresponding research institute</h2>
<p>When collecting data, we found that the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a native institution specializing in bioenergy research, has a profound accumulation in this field. Therefore, we contacted Professor Cong and Dr Chen in his group at the institute to visit.</p>
<p><imgsrc="https://static.igem.wiki/teams/4134/wiki/wiki/human-practice/integrated-human-practice/4.jpg"alt=" Zhiqi Cong, researcher of Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, whose research direction includes the rational design of an artificial enzyme catalytic system based on metalloenzyme structure. "/></p>
<p>There, Dr Chen first introduced the development status of the world's and China's bioenergy industry and explained the current frontier research directions. We have learned about emerging bioenergy technologies such as energy plant breeding, biomass fuel production, microbial treatment of carbon-containing exhaust gas, and microalgae carbon sequestration, and had <strong>a deeper understanding of the research community and industry</strong>. We also learned that <strong>MFCs are still in their infancy and deserve further research</strong>, which encouraged us to move forward with the project.</p>
<p>There, Dr Chen first introduced the development status of the world's and China's bioenergy industry and explained the current frontier research directions. We have learned about emerging bioenergy technologies such as energy plant breeding, biomass fuel production, microbial treatment of carbon-containing exhaust gas, and microalgae carbon sequestration, and had <strong>a deeper understanding of the research community and industry</strong>. We also learned that <strong>MFC are still in their infancy and deserve further research</strong>, which encouraged us to move forward with the project.</p>
<p>Next, we interviewed Professor Cong and asked him about some of the problems we encountered in our experiments and modelling. Professor Cong answered our doubts enthusiastically. Knowing that our project may require a long research cycle, he suggested that we <strong>create a model before building the full cell</strong>, which will help guide our next experiments. He also put forward his insights on setting and adjustment of the parameters of the model. These are practical suggestions for our modelling work.</p>
